DIY 14G XXL, Extra Extra Long

[calvin415]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8089528#post8089528 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by "Umm, fish?"
Is 14gals. maybe a little small for a coral beauty? I thought I heard that even the small centropyge need a pretty big aquarium.

I've heard both ways and lots of people are sucessfully keeping then in the Oceanic 30g cubes. Even though it's only 14G's the display is still 36" long...

 

["Umm fish?"]

What I heard was the smaller the aquarium the more grumpy and likely to pick on corals they get. But, heck, I've never had one, so what do I know? I was thinking about trying to find one of the Red Sea centropyges for your tank, but I asked Bob Fenner and he told me it was a bad idea. Maybe it was the thought of mixing it with an RBTA?

Maybe later on I can give it a try. If the fish doesn't work out I can always move it to the 120.

 

[calvin415]

That would be sweet! You need to take lots of pics though... At least then I can relive the tank through someone else.

 

["Umm fish?"]

I was thinking of a Centropyge multispinus, if I can find one. Here's a link to a picture:

http://wetwebfotos.com/Home?actionRequest=mediaView&ID=1825

They are very dark, but they have that blue stripe underneath the length of their bodies and on the tail.

 

[calvin415]

Very pretty, but so dark I'm afraid you won't see it unless it is out and on top of everything...

 

["Umm fish?"]

Well, I kind of liked the idea of keeping the fish pretty cryptic. They are also supposed to be amazing hardy. This one is another option:

http://species.fishindex.com/species_1322centropyge_acanthops_brazil_flameback_angel.html

 

[calvin415]

Lots more colorful, but for some reason I like the other one better... ???

 

["Umm fish?"]

Yeah, me too. I think the full fins and lack of a ****ed-off face helps. I just noticed that the listed owner of the mutispinus in the picture is Bob Fenner. I guess he probably does have a good handle of the fish's requirements.

I've been plumbing the new squirt I got to the closed-loop this morning while waiting for FedEx. Pretty cool! Now if only running pipes to the basement were this easy. Crawl space: shudder.

Anyway, sorry to highjack your thread.

 

[calvin415]

No problem bro, let me know when you start up a new thread for my old tank.

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

hey calvin, whats up bro, itsbeen a long time since i have been on rc, work and school keep me so busy. as for stocking the tank, why not do this.
(this is my lfs 15 gallon long which i copied).
1 blue jawfish
1 hifin gobie (the redish ones i think they are called yasha-hasa gobies)
1 red tiger pistol shrimp
2 baby perc clowns
2 cleaner gobies
and 1 yellow corris wrasse.
this would be the most awsome tank ever. just my opinion. this is what my 15 long is going to have by next week, there will be a thread on it.

 

[deeplove]

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

what deepglove?

 

[CTS]

WOW very nice set up. Good Job